Imagine spending several weeks on the rugged coast of Maine with only the sound of seagulls, the crashing waves or the lobster boats on their way out to haul fresh lobsters from the sea. This quaint summer cottage is located on Martin Point in Friendship, Maine, a small coastal fishing village on Muscongus Bay. It's a short hour and a half drive from Portland or Bangor International Airports and three and one half hours from Boston.  
     
   
 
 
  The cottage has a kitchen with stove, refrigerator, microwave oven and a small eating area. There's one bathroom with shower downstairs and a living room with fireplace. A small gas heater will take the chill off the early morning hours. There are three small bedrooms upstairs, one with a new double bed for couples, the other two with one individual single bed in each room. There's cable TV and a private phoneline for calls or internet hookup.  
     
   
     
   
     
  You can sit on the front deck and breathe the clean Maine air or take a walk down the steps to the shoreline right below. It's only a few hundred feet around the corner to a sandy beach perfect for sunbathing and (if you can stand the chill) a swim in Maine's summer ocean water. Muscongus Bay is an ideal place for all kinds of boating. You can lauch your own sailboat or power boat or put in kayak and spend hours exploring all the beautiful islands, coves and lighthouses only a short distance away.  
     
   
     
 

The town of Friendship is only two miles away where you can find a local market, hardware store and of course all the fresh lobster you can eat right off the wharf. It's only a short distance farther to the larger towns of Thomaston, Waldoboro and Rockland where you can find nearly all the amenities of home that you expect.

Some of Maine's most popular and scenic areas are only a short drive away. Boothbay Harbor, Pemaquid Point, Damariscotta, Tenant's Harbor/Port Clyde, Camden and Rockport are all less than an hour away. Bar Harbor and the spectacular Acadia National Park (the most visited National Park in the entire US) are only a two hour drive from your cottage in Friendship. You can take a ferry boat out to Monhegan Island and spend a wonderful day on this gorgeous rocky island, famous for its scenic locations for painting.

RENTAL:

The cottage is available for rental on a weekly basis. Rental begins at 2 PM on Saturday and ends at 10 AM on Saturday at the end of the rental period unless other arrangements are made in advance. You may rent for longer consecutive periods if they are available. The rental fee is $800/week and includes the electricity, heat and basic phone costs. A non-refundable deposit of 50% of the rental fee is due three months before the date of the rental, and the balance is due the day the rental begins.The State of Maine has imposed a mandatory 7% Rental Tax ($56.00) and there is a $50 cleaning fee as well. The total rental fee, tax and cleaning included, is $856.00 per week. Clean sheets and towels are provided along with cleaning materials for your use. The person renting the cottage is responsible for any damage to the cottage caused by his or her own negligence.

The cottage is now listed here. The available rental dates are listed on that website and are updated regularly. We suggest you apply for a reservation through that site or contact Peter Jones directly at pjcaver@gwi.net. We also suggest that you book your reservations early as they fill up quickly through the summer months. We also appreciate having return renters by offering a discount on their rental fees. Please contact us for information.

Thanks for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you!